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...Harvard Darfur Action Group (HDAG) began circulating an online petition in early March in support of their "targeted divestment model," a criteria-based approach that questions the ethics of investing in more than 20 companies accused of helping to finance the genocide in Darfur...
While Harvard added another Darfur-linked oil firm to its Sudan divestment hit list on Friday, the University officially condoned its indirect holdings that have previously been the subject of much debate...
...report released on Friday, the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR)—the two-member panel responsible for reviewing ethical issues surrounding the University’s investments—examined two issues that relate to companies with alleged links to Darfur. They explored the issue of “indirect” investments in Sudan, and they considered the consequences of adopting a broader set of criteria for divestment...
...past two years, Harvard has divested from two Chinese oil firms, Sinopec and PetroChina, both accused of helping to fund the genocide in Darfur through their investments in Sudan...
...CCSR also addressed a proposal from a concerned student organization, the Harvard Darfur Action Group (HDAG), which had garnered over 1400 petition signatures and sent letters to Interim President Derek C. Bok and President-elect Drew G. Faust regarding its proposed divestment model...